Another strange human-like skull, but quite different
from a normal human (homo sapiens) skull. The story appeared on the
Unexplained
Mysteries website, September 9, 2010. The Skull was only
discovered in 2007 in the small town of Ølstykke on the Danish island of
Sealand. The man who discovered it was a contractor who was hired to
replace aging sewer pipes on the property. The initial discovery was
taken with a pinch of salt and somehow considered to be the skull of a
horse. A former owner of the property was actually a horse butcher and
equine bones were known to have been buried in the rear garden. It was
only when the skull was cleaned off when it was fully discovered what a
find it had the potential to be. Coverage of the find was minimal at
first, just a few lines in the local press. Regardless of the actual
origins of the skull, for little notice to be taken of it can be a
mystery in itself. The first serious study conducted was only attempted
in 2010. Scientists at the College of Veterinary Medicine took a closer
look at the skull and eventually determined that they could not solve
the mystery of the skull to theirs – or anyone’s – satisfaction. They
couldn’t even decide what species the skull belonged to. They did arrive
at one definite conclusion; while resembling a mammal, it could not fit
into the Linnean Taxonomy because of “certain characteristics”. Unable
to make any additional headway, the skull was forwarded to the Niels
Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. Like their Veterinarian counterparts,
scientists here were unable to provide details surrounding the skull,
but did make one crucial discovery. Carbon dating tests did reveal that
the skull was almost a thousand years old. Estimates that the being was
alive between 1200 and 1280. That alone ought to rule out any potential
hoax as a possibility in regards to authenticity. Further excavations of
the site revealed no additional finds.
The skull is bigger than a human skull. The large eye
size might indicate that this being might have lived in a dark environment.
Also notice the relative small nose hole.
I have added pictures of a normal human skull for
comparison, so you can see that the Sealand Skull is indeed quite
different.
Click on the images for a large size
picture.
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